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Dear Friend: 

A few days ago, I joined local and state leaders marking the launch of an exciting new program: Passaic County MOVE. The program is designed to help seniors, neighbors with disabilities, and other community members without cars access affordable, convenient rides to get around. 

Every day, a senior each of us knows needs to get to the doctor, the pharmacist, or the supermarket. As we age, what was a simple trip down the block can be difficult and highly stressful.

Dear Friend: 

The United States Treasury Department has just announced its plans to begin phasing out the penny after 238 years. If carried out, the penny will begin disappearing from transactions and cash registers, as well as from your purses, pockets, and couch cushions. 

Dear Friend: 

A few days ago, Congress passed a massive Republican-sponsored budget bill. While I voted no, I wanted to let you know as soon as possible that we have discovered the bill would cut funding for Medicare by nearly half a trillion dollars.

Dear Friend:

I am outraged that the U.S. Justice Department is now prosecuting my New Jersey colleague Congresswoman LaMonica McIver after visiting a federal detention facility in Newark to conduct official oversight.

Members of Congress have legal authority to make unannounced visits and inspections of federal detention facilities. These oversight duties are precisely what Congresswoman McIver was doing and why she was indicted.

Dear Friend:

The House will soon consider a massive $4 trillion budget bill being offered by Republicans. I will vote against the bill and I want to explain why.

First, the tax relief in the bill is not distributed fairly to all Americans. The bill is heavily skewed to give huge breaks to the wealthiest one-tenth of one percent of Americans. Any tax cuts should favor the middle class and this bill does not do that.